On 6/23/06, David Van Couvering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What happened to the proposal to vote and approve a GA-enabled release, but not make it actually available until Java SE 6 goes GA? Did we decide this was not feasible? I may have missed it, but I don't think I saw that discussion anywhere.
This point may have been lost in the discussion, but its still important to address this, since this in fact was the original proposal and I don't believe it's been directly addressed. From the discussion, though, what I'm beginning to ascertain is that we shouldn't do anything until the spec is final. But I'm curious what Geir thinks about this particular option (vote + hold the release till the spec is final). The obvious problem here is if the spec changes between the date the voting starts on a release candidate and the date the spec is finalized, you'll need to start over with a new RC. Not a terrible option, but plenty of work for the RM, who will need to track changes to the spec down to the last minute. andrew
